If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support →→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: The Bizarre Spending Habits of Nicolas Cage [REISSUE] https://youtu.be/IEJaqk5XeEs The Amazing Story of How Humbert Rocky Versace Earned a Medal of Honor as a POW https://youtu.be/_hPYZ2lYMCo In this video: Titanic was released in December of 1997. Many Hollywood insiders and naysayers predicted doom for the film. After all, it had cost a record $200 million to produce; the story had been told on film more than once; everyone already knew the ending; and the film really had no “big stars” to draw in the crowds. (Originally the lead role was to go to Mathew McConaughey to provide the “star power”, but director James Cameron and Kate Winslet both pushed for DiCaprio to get the role.) Want the text version?: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/09/the-leonardo-dicaprio-haircut-that-had-the-taliban-in-a-rage/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Titanic_3D_ship_April_4_poster.jpg